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Things to Do at Penn State: Jan. 24-31

1/23/19

What's happening at Penn State? Highlights include Coach Ken Carter speaking at Penn State Harrisburg, dance troupe BodyTraffic and the return of "Back to the Future" to the big screen at Penn State York.

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SoVA faculty member rejuvenates decade-old project with New York gallery exhibit

1/22/19

Since Bonnie Collura, associate professor in the Penn State School of Visual Arts, was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2005 for “The Prince Project,” her work completed around the concept has taken many forms — and the latest is on display at Smack Mellon Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, through Feb. 24.

Penn State Hazleton library exhibition looks at poison

1/22/19

The Mary M. and Bertil E. Lofstrom Library at Penn State Hazleton will host an exhibition from the National Library of Medicine called “Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions,” which explores some of the processes, problems and potentials inherent in technologies that use life. The exhibition will be on display in the library from Feb. 4 to March 16.

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Penn State mourns passing of philanthropist and arts patron Barbara Palmer

1/21/19

Barbara Palmer, whose lifetime of philanthropy is evident across Penn State and the Centre region, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20. She was 93. Recognized by the University as an honorary alumna in 1987, Palmer was deeply engaged as a donor and a volunteer at the institution and in many organizations throughout the region.

Martin Luther King poster contest winner announced

1/21/19

Molly Goehring, undergraduate student in the letters, arts, and sciences program in the School of Humanities, was selected as the winner of Penn State Harrisburg’s Diversity and Educational Equity Committee (DEEC) annual Martin Luther King poster contest.

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Music Ed alumna receives N.J. governor's Educator of the Year Award

1/17/19

Penn State alumna Libby Gopal, 2002 bachelor of science in music education, was recently selected as the recipient of the New Jersey governor’s Educator of the Year Award for East Orange Campus High School for her educational contributions at the local, district and state level.

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1/17/19

Watch the quintet perform a cover of “Take on Me” by A-ha.

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New labor rights and sustainability film series premiering

1/16/19

The Sustainability Institute and Center for Global Workers’ Rights are teaming up to bring a new monthly film series to the University Park campus in Spring 2019. Entitled "Intersections: Landscapes of Labor," the series highlights connections between workers’ rights, social justice, and sustainability. The first film will be "Sorry to Bother You" on Jan. 22.

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